LANKHMAR already out?

[The King]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120066068808&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D120066068808%26fvi%3D1

 

[Magistus]

I have seen this with some of the other books someone has a sell of an item not out, and does not ship it till after it is out. It's a scam, buy it directly from Mongoose.

 

[Dead Blue Clown]

It's not out for a month yet, as far as I know.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

It's not out for a month yet, as far as I know.

But people on this forum have reported having books (more than) a month before they are out, so who can tell?

 

[The King]

He told me he had several book (being a personal friend of Matt or Alex can help).

I guess they already have the 1st batch copies

 

[Dead Blue Clown]

Righteous.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

He told me he had several book (being a personal friend of Matt or Alex can help).

One hopes that once they find out that he is selling these books on E-Bay before they go to market he becomes an ex-personal friend, at least as far as getting early access to books is concerned...

 

[Cut]

Weren't there some advance copies of some titles not yet published being sold at the Mongoose booth at Dragonmeet at the end of november?

 

[The Greek]

Yes there were. Lhankmar sold pretty well, too, as did a load of other RQ stuff.

 

[indrodar]

As I mentioned on another thread - I bought a copy of Magic of Glorantha from this guy (just) before the release date for £14 and a GM's screen for £5. They arrived after MoG was out (but that could have just been the xmas post) but he did charge me £7 "seller's standard shipping" charge.

Funnily enough making the total equal to RRP plus a bit to cover postage...

The auction finishes on Xmas eve so I wouldn't put any bets on getting the book any time soon.

 

[The King]

As I mentioned on another thread - I bought a copy of Magic of Glorantha from this guy (just) before the release date for £14 and a GM's screen for £5. They arrived after MoG was out (but that could have just been the xmas post) but he did charge me £7 "seller's standard shipping" charge.

Funnily enough making the total equal to RRP plus a bit to cover postage...

Hefty price for such a short distance. Perhaps he doesn't like Scots? :roll: Or are the shipping fees different from within England?

 

[indrodar]

The shipping fees were only arrived at after the auction, which makes me suspicious.

Still could all have been perfectly innocent, but I will be waiting and using my FLGS from now on.

 

[Darran]

As I mentioned on another thread - I bought a copy of Magic of Glorantha from this guy (just) before the release date for £14 and a GM's screen for £5. They arrived after MoG was out (but that could have just been the xmas post) but he did charge me £7 "seller's standard shipping" charge.

Funnily enough making the total equal to RRP plus a bit to cover postage...

The auction finishes on Xmas eve so I wouldn't put any bets on getting the book any time soon.

Sounds like a scam to me.

I would give him bad feedback if he is on Ebay.
Sellers are suppose to advertise their shipping rates prior to the sale if the sale isn't international.

 

[The Greek]

Whenever I have had OTT postage demands for an e-bay win I send out my own pre-addressed and pre-paid padded envelope - all the seller has to do is drop in the bok/miniature and post it to me. Or just tell them that they need to go and check the price as I sell a lot of stuff on e-bay myself. On occassion I have just turned up at the seller's door and collected the item (if they lived closed enough).

I do not mind paying a little extra but sometimes sellers are money grabbing (insert favourite word here) when auctions do not reach a certain level.

 

[mthomason]

I've never bought anything on eBay without a published delivery charge, except when buying from overseas (and even then I usually contact the seller before bidding and ask them how much they think it will be). As long as I've agreed to it up-front I have no problem with it being more than the actual postage costs (especially some of those selling are businesses and can legitimately build in a charge for someone's time in picking the stock and physically packing the box).